raison
See also: Raison
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French reson, raison, inherited from Latin ratiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet ration.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
raison f (plural raisons)
- reason (cause)
- reason (mental faculties)
- (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
- (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “raison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French raison (“reason”), compare Haitian Creole rezon.
Verb edit
raison
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Old French edit
Noun edit
raison oblique singular, f (oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)
- Alternative form of reson
Yola edit
Noun edit
raison
- Alternative form of raaison
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Dinna ishe mee a raison.
- Do not ask me the reason.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 48